The Tudun Wada community in Abuja faces possible eviction after an Abuja High Court ruling that the Right to Housing cannot be enforced in Nigeria until a specific law is passed by parliament to that effect. In a decision delivered on 16th December 2010, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ruled the […]
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Joint Statement by Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) and IHRDA on Denying the Right to Housing and Shelter: Forced Evictions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria
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44TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS, NOVEMBER 10-24, ABUJA, NIGERIA JOINT STATEMENT BY THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (IHRDA) AND THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANISATION (CLO) DENYING THE RIGHT TO HOUSING AND SHELTER: FORCED EVICTIONS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT), ABUJA, NIGERIA Civil Liberties Organisation […]
Housing rights in Abuja – Nigeria: Suit No. CV/437/08 Yagba Tsav & 6 others v Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority
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Following the creation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the movement of the Federal Capital of Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja, the Federal Government has been developing the new capital according to a development blueprint called the Abuja Master Plan (AMP). As a result of this development, demolition of homes and forced evictions of […]
